Reference

Amos 1:15

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“And their king shall go into captivity, he and his princes together, saith the Lord.”
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Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border:

14

But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind:

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And their king shall go into captivity, he and his princes together, saith the Lord.

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Semantic Discovery
90% relevance

This verse was identified through meaning similarity — its content is mathematically close to known verses in this theme, even without sharing the same vocabulary.

Counter-Arguments

The strongest case that this verse does not belong in this theme.

Literal Fulfillment

While the verse speaks of a king and princes going into captivity, which are concrete actions, it does not explicitly state that this event *will* happen, only that it "shall go." This phrasing could be interpreted as a declaration of divine intent or a metaphorical judgment rather than a guaranteed historical outcome.

Prophetic Methods of Communication

The verse describes a future event ("their king shall go into captivity") and attributes it to God ("saith the Lord"), but it does not describe *how* Amos received this information. It is a prophetic declaration, not a description of the prophetic method.

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Cross-References

Jeremiah 49:3Thematic

“Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes together.”

Jeremiah 49:3Thematic

“Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes together.”

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